Championship latest transfer news for 2025 – 2026 and Beyond

The Championship has been doing what it does best over the last month – serving up absolute chaos, massive storylines and enough drama to keep every fan glued to their phone.

At the top end of the division, Coventry City completed a stunning campaign under Frank Lampard, sealing promotion back to the Premier League and earning plenty of praise for the attacking football they played throughout the season.

Ipswich Town also secured their return to the top flight, while the play-off battle delivered the usual nerves, late goals and Wembley dreams. Southampton, Middlesbrough, Hull City and Millwall all found themselves right in the thick of the promotion fight as the season reached its climax.

Meanwhile, the EFL confirmed a huge change for the future, with Championship play-offs expanding from four teams to six from next season, meaning even more clubs will have a shot at Premier League football. Championship performers are expected to dominate the headlines in the coming weeks as squads start to take shape.

It has been an unpredictable season in England’s most competitive league.

  • Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:42:57 +0000: EFL examines Sheffield United over claim owners trying to avoid paying full purchase price - Championship | The Guardian

    • Prince Abdullah asserts he is still owed £35m

    • Shares allegedly transferred to new company

    The English Football League is investigating allegations that Sheffield United’s owner, the American investment group COH Sports, has formed a new parent company for the club to avoid paying £35m owed to the previous owner, Prince Abdullah.

    COH Sports, led by Steven Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy, agreed a deal to buy United from the Saudi Arabian for about £100m in December 2024 and paid the first instalment of about £30m shortly after, but is alleged to have been late in paying the second instalment and missed two subsequent payments due this year. Abdullah’s investment vehicle, United World, issued a winding-up petition in the high court against COH Sports this week and has taken its concerns to the EFL and the Independent Football Regulator.

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  • Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:15:32 +0000: EFL fixtures: West Ham go to Burnley, Wolves host Blackburn in Championship openers - Championship | The Guardian

    • League One: Notts Co v Leicester, Barnsley v Bromley

    • York return to League Two with visit of Bristol Rovers

    Wolves will launch the Championship season at home against Blackburn, while West Ham head to Burnley in a meeting of the other two relegated sides in one of the more eye-catching fixtures on the opening weekend.

    The EFL fixture list was released on Thursday and Wolves will play their first Championship fixture since 2018 under their new head coach, César Peixoto, at Molineux at 8pm on Friday 14 August, with the former West Brom manager Tony Mowbray back for a second spell in charge of Blackburn.

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  • Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:33:31 +0000: Leicester appoint Russell Martin as Wolves unveil César Peixoto as coach - Championship | The Guardian

    • Martin joins Leicester after relegation to League One

    • Ex-Gil Vicente coach Peixoto replaces Rob Edwards

    Leicester have confirmed Russell Martin’s appointment as manager, on the same day as Wolves unveiled César Peixoto as head coach, replacing Rob Edwards.

    The two Midlands clubs were relegated from the Championship and the Premier League respectively last season and have moved quickly to restructure their setup, with Martin joining Leicester eight months after his nightmare 123-day stint in charge of Rangers came to an end.

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  • Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:15:44 +0000: Wolves sack Rob Edwards and close on Portuguese manager César Peixoto - Championship | The Guardian

    • Head coach failed to save club from relegation

    • Peixoto led Gil Vicente to sixth in Primera Liga

    Wolves have sacked Rob Edwards and are poised to appoint César Peixoto as his replacement. The 46-year-old Peixoto was most recently in charge of Gil Vicente, who finished sixth in the Portuguese top flight last season.

    The news came as a huge shock to Edwards, who was alerted to rumours on social media of a deal for Peixoto. Edwards, who is abroad on holiday, was informed in a phone call that his tenure was over after seven months, leaving even senior club staff stunned.

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  • Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:35:12 +0000: Southampton owner will not sack apologetic Eckert despite role in spying scandal - Championship | The Guardian

    • Saints head coach issues apology in club video message

    • Dragan Solak wants to ‘close the chapter and look ahead’

    Tonda Eckert has apologised for orchestrating the spying scandal that culminated in Southampton being kicked out of the Championship playoff final. Southampton, who observed training sessions of three opponents during the season, were denied the chance to win promotion after an independent disciplinary commission found the club “seriously violated” the integrity of the competition.

    Eckert, publicly addressing the six charges made by the English Football League for the first time in a video message released by the club, said he accepted “full responsibility”, adding: “I apologise to all of the clubs that have been involved and mostly I apologise to our supporters.” In a similar address the Southampton owner, Dragan Solak, said he wants the German head coach, who is under investigation from the Football Association, to lead the club into the Premier League next season.

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Today has seen the signing of young striker Charlie Strutton for struggling side AFC Wimbledon after he had impressed Terry Brown whilst on a three-week trial earlier in the year. Barnsley have today signed winger David Cotterill on a free transfer which could see the player making his debut for the club this weekend.

Championship top dogs West Ham have today sealed the double signing of Ravel Morrison from Manchester United as well as Ricardo Vaz Te from Barnsley. The young starlet ravel Morrison is believed to have attracted a lot of interest from some of Europe’s biggest clubs such as Barcelona, Roma and Paris St Germain but has decided to stay in the English divisions.

Vaz Te has had an extremely good season so far with the Portuguese striker already netting ten times for former club Barnsley.

Sussex club Brighton have completed the signing of two Manchester City players on loan until the end of the season which again cemented the up and coming clubs ambition to gain entry into the premier league. The club has signed Abdul Razak and Gai Assulin who are both midfielders who have failed to break through into the first team at Manchester City. On another plus side for the Sussex club their influential winger craig Noone has committed his future to the club stating he is more than happy at the seagulls amid speculation that he could be joining Cardiff City in the summer after the Welsh club had a £1.2 million offer turned down by Gus Poyet in January.

Cardiff Cities formidable striker has today stated that he would indeed be extremely happy to extend his loan spell at league one side Scunthorpe United with the striker claiming he prefers life at the club. Cardiff winger Peter Whttingham has today stated that he is convinced he made the correct decision to commit himself to the Welsh club amid speculation that he could have joined West Ham during the January transfer window.

Richard Keogh has again reinforced his commitment to Coventry City by stating he would be more than happy to open contract negotiations with the club before the end of the season. This will be great news for manager Andy Thorn as he is already looking to bolster his squad for next season and would have thought of it as a detrimental loss to have lost Keogh for next season.

Ben reeves has today made his switch from Southampton to league two team Dagenham & Redbridge on a twelve month loan deal. Southampton have also gladly received back today forward Ryan Doyle from his loan spell at Bury and the influential forward is more than happy to be back.

Leeds United new boy boss Neil Warnock has today signed the Portsmouth forward Danny Webber on a deal that will see him at the club until the end of the season. Warnock has today also stated that he will have to wait until the end of the season before he can make any new moves for players until he assesses the financial situation. James Harper has today completed his move to Wycombe from title chasing league one team Hull City on a short term loan deal which will see him remain for just over a month.

Hull City have finally completed an interesting and what they hope will be a extremely beneficial loan deal for Joshua King. The Manchester united starlet will remain with the side until the end of the season with the possibility of extending it past that date. Mixed News